Oh Census info, oh Census info!
Our thoughts are now of you!
We seek you out for wife and widow,
Oh Census info, give us a clue!
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A small diversion before getting back to Gertrude Belle-Oudry.
Before Elizabeth and Richard there were Gertrude and Edouard.
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No scuba gear necessary …
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Prôuánô, a proouer, a tryer. Also to be prooued or tryed. Also obstinate, stiffe-necked.
From Florio’s 1611 Italian-English dictionary
A big small small face?
Who is the Italian Swedish woman and what is she doing in Portugal?
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This is the last post in the series about the effect of lady photographer.
“Ober, Lady Photographer.”
Boston Post 1892-07-01, p. 6. Credit: Newspapers.com
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“He Didn’t Like the Photographs”
In addition to the ads and the positive press that we saw in the first two posts in this series, another place we see lady photographer is in anecdotes, like this one:
The Cairo Bulletin 1883-06-06, p.1. Credit: Newspapers.com
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